Max Roach Is Remembered for Music and More Legendary drummer Max Roach was also remembered at his funeral as a committed activist who worked hard to bring about radical changes in American society.

Max Roach’s centennial brings the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to town to celebrate a legend By Bill Beuttler Globe correspondent,Updated January 19, 2024, 6:00 a.m.

Drum giant Max Roach at 100: He inspired generations, from Miles Davis and Ray Davies to The Notorious B.I.G. ‘I never separate rap from Charlie Parker or from (basketball). It’s all in the ...

Max Roach, one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time, will be honored Juneteenth when a streetcorner in Brooklyn is named after him. The corner of Greene and Marcy Aves. in Bedford-Stuyvesant ...

If you know people who play drums, want to play drums, or want to play drums better, “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” could effect a turning point in their lives. Watching its subject play ...

In this interview, Ben Shapiro discusses how the Max Roach documentary came to fruition, and the unique talent and legacy of the drummer.

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album opens with “American Requiem” — a soul-soaking song that can easily be described as a new Black ...

As his son, Raoul Roach, said in his introduction: “Max Roach was also a man who believed deeply in collaboration, the power of bringing people together to create something greater than the sum of its ...

Director Sam Pollard was captivated by the life story of drummer and activist Max Roach 35 years ago. "Seeing Max Roach sit behind a drum set, he had a regal quality about him," said Pollard. "And ...

Decades in the making, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes celebrates the groundbreaking jazz drummer’s career. Co-directed by Samuel Pollard and Ben Shapiro, they pooled their separate early ...

A new documentary, “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes,” shows that no musician of the 20th century made better use of time — both in performance and long-term, as in a career — than Roach. For the ...

Percussionist and composer Max Roach, who would have turned 100 years old this month, is arguably the greatest drummer of all time. The icon, who died in 2007, played with some of the greatest ...